India Population Pyramid 1977

India
1977
Population: 640,801,102

Year

-5 -1   1977  +1 +5

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India in 1977

As of 1977, India counted 640,801,103 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 25.3%, up from 511,606,372 in 1967. With a median age of 19.6 years, India had a youth dependency ratio of 72.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 7.0 per 100 people of working age. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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